Society is governed by norms and morals. Every country has laws for her citizens to abide by. We are shaped from childhood by these norms and morals - consciously or unconsciously.
There is a status-quo to maintain in order to feel you belong. There are spoken or unspoken norms to follow. Some Christian sectors have peculiar ideas about how one ought to appear, or speak, and how one ought to behave. These are often all together good, as they guide our steps into Godly behaviour.
However, we ought not to despise anyone who draws near to the Lord's family, but somewhat does not seem to fit in with the status-quo. The Lord is beckoning to everyone to be a part of His Kingdom and just as He showed to Peter in Acts 10, we must not call that which the Lord considers clean as unclean.
As much as it is said that the outward, for instance says much about a person, we must learn to give people the benefit of the doubt , and get to know them, and pray the Lord to allow us to know their hearts, so that we can minister to them. If Peter had not fallen into a trance and shown unclean animals as clean, he may have not been welcoming towards Cornelius.
The Grace of God is available to all. For the Lord to be able to move freely , especially in Christian circles, to bring His plans and purposes to light, it is time we become more open minded. The Lord is moving in this age and time in unconventional ways, and needs His Children to be sensitive and to open up to it.
The initial chosen race of God, Israel, allowed their status quo to become a hindrance to them believing in Jesus. They had always known that cursed is He who hangs on a tree, and so assumed that Jesus's crucifixion made Him a curse, and hence could not possibly be their Saviour. However, as Christians, we know that Jesus became a curse that we through Him might be blessed. Galatians 3:13 says Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree."
All indeed are invited to God's Kingdom, please kindly do not discredit anyone.
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